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ZOO
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REVOLVING DOORS
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AMAZING
'Amazing' was voted top of the list of overused words nominated for banishment in 2012... MORE
CANARY
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ALE
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ALBANIA
The official motto of Albania is: "The faith of the Albanians is Albanism".
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MATHEMATICS
The record for most maths questions answered correctly in 48 hours is 182,455,169, set during... MORE
ROLLERCOASTER
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MAPS
The great Flemish map-maker Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) designed The "Mercator Projection" in 1569, which has... MORE
APHRODISIAC
As long ago as the 16th century, the English were using the word 'venereal' (from... MORE
GUITAR
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TIES
The oldest known tie was found in the mausoleum of Chinese Emperor Shih Huang Ti... MORE
DREAM
On 28 August 1963, Martin Luther King uttered the phrase "I have a dream" eight... MORE
DANDELION
The French for a dandelion is pissenlit, or 'piss-in-bed'. The English used to refer to... MORE